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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1918
Page
2
Amid armistice news, German garrisons vow to maintain order and pursue a social republic as troops return home. Premier Ebert says the constituent assembly will be summoned, elections delayed before January, and higher pay for soldiers is discussed to stabilize the postwar period.
Budapest reports a formal proclamation of the Hungarian republic on Sunday. Ferdinand Joseph took an oath of allegiance after Count Michael Karolin spoke as president of the national council. He voiced strong sympathy with the new government.
British forces landed at Gallipoli at dusk amid shell pitted ground and ground vessels. They moved toward Turkish batteries and seized forts along the lower Dardanelles, taking 200 cannons. The Turkish Chanak commander noted German ties and changed stance as the war progressed.
Frank P. Walsh, joint chairman with William H. Taft on the national war labor board, sent his resignation to President Wilson citing need to return to his law practice now that hostilities have ceased. Black would become joint chairman if accepted, unless a successor is named.
A despatch from Paris reports German Fleet sailing toward surrender point as President Poincare and General Petain enter Metz at the head of the French tenth army. Heavian war office said Belgian cavalry pushed toward Brussels to maintain order. ammo depots in Brussels blown. Swiss frontier closed along Alsace as Allied troops approach occupation. German frontier police collapsed and mixed German troops near the frontier.
Seven steel vessels of 40 050 tons and three wooden ships of 1 500 tons were delivered to the Shipping Board for the week ending November 15. The total merchant ships delivered in November reaches 90 with an aggregate tonnage of 142 400. Half of the vessels were steel.
A telegram from Amsterdam reports that Iron crosses awarded by the former German emperor during the war are now being sold in Germany for five pfennigs each, about one American cent.
Joseph F. Smith president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints died at his Salt Lake City home after a long illness. Officials said death followed an analytic stroke from April and he attended the recent church conference in October where he spoke against polygamy amid rumors of past secret marriages.
At a senate hearing on the Washington Times purchase funds from brewers were shown to have aided the Montgomery Advertiser loan. Fiegenspan of Newark identified brewers as underwriters while admitting personal contributions to the Newark Ledger.
London officials release wartime totals with division by officers and men. Parliamentary secretary Ian McPherson cites 658,065 total British losses across campaigns, including 1,000 fatalities, 27,? survivors, and 15,055 prisoners.
President Charles R. Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin died at a Milwaukee hospital from pneumococcic meningitis following treatment for a nasal infection. He arrived last Friday, spiked fever late Sunday, grew unconscious early Monday, and failed gradually until his death at 8 50 this forenoon.
The councils of Gironde and Bodeaux approve an initial subscription of 309 600 francs for a monument at the Gironde river entrance honoring American aid to France. President Wheaton has been invited to lay the cornerstone.
The Daily Express accuses peace advocates of obstruction while signaling nearing peace talks. It notes Britain’s leadership and likely inclusion of Premier Liova Horke and Chancellor J. Balfour among key figures, with references to foreign affairs officials and dominion representatives as Paris hosts possible negotiations.
Paris reports a large Munich festival Monday night celebrating Bavaria's revolution victory. The Bavarian cabinet attended and all Bavarian sections were represented. Premier Kurt Eisner declared the past is dead and warned against reviving it with a bold speech.
A cable to the Zionist Organization of America reports ant i Semitic disturbances since November 1 in Galicia and Poland. Jewish brigades in Vienna are tasked with city protection and have set up barracks while the Jewish National Council manages community affairs. Damage in Chrzanow and other cities where Jewish militia was disarmed by the Polish legion runs into millions of dollars.
Jewish press bureau reports anti Jewish outbreaks in several western towns of Polish Galicia with numerous fatalities among Jews.
Rio reports Brazil will send Ruy Barbosa as minister to Argentina and as delegate Antonio De Magalhaes Gen Roberto Trompovsky and Admiral Huet De Bacellar. Barbosa Lima will be secretary. Barbosa may become ambassador to London and Lauro Muller ambassador to Washington.
In Honolulu on November 19, Second Lieut Cary Crowdes of Chicago and Corporal Mark B. Grace of Loomis California were injured or fatally hurt when the aircraft Crowdes piloted plummeted about 500 feet at Fort Kamehameha. Both served in the Sixth Aero Squadron. Crowdes trained at Kelly Field Texas.
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